Navajo Tribal members have been sentenced for the vicious murder of a trangendered man.
25-year-old Isiah Adam Smith, of Leupp, was sentenced to 324 months in prison after pleading guilty to Second Degree Murder. Smith’s co-defendant, 24-year-old Trevor Joe Begay, of Tuba City, pleaded guilty to the same crime and was sentenced to 365 months in prison.
According to the Department of Justice, on or about June 11, 2021, Smith and Begay murdered the victim because of the victim’s gender identity. Smith and Begay had previously communicated with the victim online, where the victim disclosed to them that they were transgender. Smith and Begay decided to “teach the victim a lesson.” They arranged to meet the victim in the middle of the night, and when the victim got into their vehicle, they took the victim’s cell phone so that the victim could not call for help. Smith and Begay then drove into the desert and beat the victim to death.
Smith and Begay attempted to cover up their crimes by burning their bloody clothes and the victim’s cell phone. The victim’s body was found the morning after by a hiker.
Smith and Begay murdered the victim on the Navajo Nation, where they are both enrolled tribal members.
the reservation – a very tough and dangerous place – how many others are dumped in the desert to become shape changers.. the Indian life
I can’t describe how annoying it is that “reporters” refers to a single person in the plural. It’s like an engineer rounding measurements and specifications to the nearest whole number or an anesthesiologist dosing the patient until they pass out. Seriously, these are “professionals”?
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